Supernumerary Robotic Limbs

Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by colordrops on Sunday June 13, 2021 @09:31PM (#27498377)

We adapt to controlling countless complex things; I'd imagine we'd adapt very quickly to controlling these.

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Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by idiotsecant on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:42PM (#27499054)

I'm not so sure. We're good at controlling things with lesser degrees of freedom than our bodies naturally possess. I am not sure wed be very good at controlling things with more dof unless it was very high level octopus arm type control (arm, get the red ball and drop it here)

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Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by ipsum2 on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:06AM (#27500094)

FPV drones are good counter-example to this.

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Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by idiotsecant on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:55PM (#27507468)

A quadcopter has 6 degrees of freedom. A single human arm has 30 degrees of freedom.

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Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by eru on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:40PM (#27499037)

I'm sure people will adapt, but probably not very quickly.

Of course, it depends on the level of proficiency you want to reach. But it's already hard enough for people to eg learn to play Tennis, or learn to play Tennis with their left hand, when they normally use they right hand.

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Re:Supernumerary Robotic Limbs by jagger27 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @10:37PM (#27498700)

I think so too.

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